Relationship between premenstrual symptoms and general well-being.
Data on the general well-being and premenstrual symptoms of military wives were collected on two occasions one year apart. The women's general well-being and premenstrual symptoms were highly correlated on both occasions, but an even higher correlation was found between the presence of premenstrual symptoms at time 1 and the presence of premenstrual symptoms at time 2. Further analyses revealed that women with higher scores on general well-being and premenstrual symptoms were older and reported fewer cognitive depressive symptoms than women with lower scores on general well-being and premenstrual symptoms. At the one-year follow-up, the women with lower scores on general well-being who complained of premenstrual symptoms were more depressed than those who did not.
Rosen
L N
LN
Department of Military Psychiatry, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20307.
Moghadam
L Z
LZ
Endicott
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000150:complications*; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000150:complications; D011293:Premenstrual Syndrome / Q000150:complications*